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Energy
Spent fuel and radioactive
waste management
Directive –
European position and use
of regulatory resources
───────────────── Maurizio Boella,
HoU
European Commission
DG ENER
Energy
Outline
• Status of Directive 2011/70/EURATOM implementation by MS
• Status of radioactive waste and spent fuel in EU
• Effective use of regulatory resources
Energy
Directive 2011/70/EURATOM
• Policy, framework and programme
for SF and RAW
• Independent regulatory body
• Sufficient human and financial resources
• Informing the public about its activities
• Self-assessment and peer reviews every 10 years
• Expertise, skills and funding
• Strict control of exports of spent fuel and
radioactive waste to third countries
• Shared repositories is an option
● Promotion of public information and participation
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• Transposition
• 25 MS declared full transposition and 3 partial/none
• Common and specific areas for discussion/clarification with MS
being identified
• National programmes by 23 Aug 2015
• Work Shop held in Luxembourg in November 2014
Directive 2011/70/EURATOM
Energy
• National reports
• Overall implementation of the Directive
• EC to report to the Council and EP –
2016 (and every 3 years after)
• Inventory of SF and RAW
• Cooperation with IAEA
• Status and Trends project (2014-2016)
Meeting in Luxembourg, 8-12 June 2015
Directive 2011/70/EURATOM
Energy
Peer reviews
• Programme, regulatory and national framework
• MS decision on type, time and scope
• EC-IAEA contract (2014) to support ARTEMIS guidelines in light of
the Directive 2011/70/EURATOM
• MS schedule and pool of experts being discussed in ENSREG WG 2
"Waste"
• 3 MS considering reviews in 2016
• Interface with IRRS missions (non-nuclear countries)
• MS to report outcomes to the Commission
Directive 2011/70/EURATOM
Energy
• Shipments of waste and spent fuel –
notification of agreements prior shipment
• Complementary to
• EURATOM, Art 103 notification
• Notifications to ESA
• Safeguards notifications
• Reports under 2006/117/EURATOM Directive
• Agreements prior EU accession
• Specific attention in light of Art 4(4) 2011/70/EURATOM
Directive on disposal of waste in a third country
Directive 2011/70/EURATOM
Energy
Effective use of regulatory resources
• Facing an increasing volume of waste and spent fuel
Challenges:
• characterisation of waste
• minimisation of volumes
• Irradiated graphite
• Licencing process for waste treatement facilities
• Skilled human resources
Energy
Effective use of regulatory resources
• Maintenance of skilled and sufficient resources remains a challenge
• EC ongoing study for Regulators and TSOs on training on nuclear
safety assessment (2015-2016)
• E-track project, JRC Ispra school on waste management and
decommissioning, etc.
• Increased reporting to international organisations
• ENSREG WG2 Guidance on national reports (Directive
2011/70/EURATOM)
• Peer review guidance being developed (ARTEMIS)
Energy
Feasibility study in support of
the development of a level
playing field for nuclear safety
assessment by Regulators and
TSOs in the EU
Feasibility Study